Hikaru Utada & Skrillex Rise to No. 3

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Kenshi Yonezu Holds Steady at No. 1 on Japan Hot 100

Hikaru Utada & Skrillex Rise to No. 3

Kenshi Yonezu’s “Lemon” holds the top spot on the latest Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart dated Jan. 21 to 27, extending its No. 1 streak to five weeks in a row and seven in all. The song continues to dominate three metrics (downloads, video views, and karaoke), down from last week’s five, ceding look-ups and Twitter mentions to new releases but still performing well enough to stay atop the chart.

This week’s No. 1 song for look-ups, or the number of times a CD is ripped to a computer, is “Bokura no Hashittekita Michi wa…” by Aqours, which debuts at No. 2 on the Japan Hot 100. The latest song by the girl group comprised of voice actors also leads physical sales with 79,528 copies sold, but falls short in other metrics.

The most-tweeted song this week is Keyakizaka46’s “Kuroi Hitsuji,” which was made available for radio airplay recently. The song bows on the Japan Hot 100 at No. 33.

While “Lemon” has logged its 50th week on the Japan Hot 100 and continues to enjoy lasting popularity, it’s definitely slowing down. Figure-wise, physical sales are down to 9,272 from last week’s 11,481 copies and video views are down to 7,311,168 from 8,940,748 times.

Meanwhile, Aimyon’s charting songs are still going strong in the streaming department and she also has a new album coming out in February. The “Marigold” singer-songwriter is expected to begin promoting the album in the coming weeks, which will probably help maintain, or even boost, her streams. Depending on how other songs perform in physical sales and downloads, she has a chance to dominate the upper ranks of the song chart.

Hikaru Utada and Skrillex’s “Face My Fears” comes in at No. 3 on the Japan Hot 100 after jumping 9-1 for radio airplay, 33-6 for streaming, and rising a notch to No. 2 for downloads. The song also bowed at No. 98 on the latest Billboard Hot 100 for the week of Feb. 2, marking Utada’s first entry into the Hot 100, while also making her the first Japanese artist in three years to hit the chart since Pikotaro’s “PPAP.”